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 99 STAT. 1346

Copyrights.

Copyrights.

PUBLIC LAW 99-194—DEC. 20, 1985

the Chairperson of the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Director of the Institute of Museum Services, the Register of Copyrights, the Chairman of the Labor and Human Resources Committee of the Senate, the Chairman of the Education and Labor Committee of the House of Representatives, the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the Senate, and the Chairman of the Committee on the Judiciary of the House of Representatives, concerning the scope, direction, and focus of the study. (3) In conducting the study required by this section, the Comptroller General shall consider the impact which the implementation of each supplemental funding mechanism would have on— (A) any international copyright treaties, commitments, and obligations to which the United States is a party; (B) public participation in the arts and the humanities; (C) private, corporate, and foundation support for the arts and the humanities; (D) the overall quality of arts and the humanities in the United States; (E) the creative activities of individual authors and artists; and (F) the activities and operations of private copyrighting organizations, (b) REPORT.—The Comptroller General shall prepare and submit to the Congress not later than one year after the date of enactment of this Act a report of the study required by this section, together with such recommendations as the Comptroller General deems appropriate. TITLE V—CONSTITUTIONAL BICENTENNIAL EDUCATION PROGRAM SEC. 501. EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR THE COMMEMORATION OF THE BICENTENNIAL OF THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE BILL OF RIGHTS.

Grants. Schools and colleges.

Schools and colleges.

20 USC 959.

(a) GENERAL AUTHORITY.—(1) The Commission on the Bicentennial of the United States Constitution shall, in accordance with the provisions of this section, carry out an education program for the commemoration of the bicentennial of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights. (2) To commemorate the bicentennial anniversary of the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights, the Commission— (A) is authorized to make grants to local educational agencies, private elementary and secondary schools, private organizations, individuals, and State and local public agencies in the United States for the development of instructional materials and programs on the Constitution of the United States and the Bill of Rights which are designed for use by elementary or secondary school students; and (B) shall implement an annual national bicentennial Constitution and Bill of Rights competition based upon the programs developed and used by elementary and secondary schools. (3) In carrying out the program authorized by this section, the Chairman of the Commission shall have the same authority as is established in section 10 of the National Foundation on the Arts and the Humanities Act of 1965. -»«*.*»^^. „..,.. ~-i

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